Agama 25 Adds a Browser Terminal, but Tumbleweed Adoption Has No Date

Agama 25’s new exit button disappears when installation begins. Before that point, it can reboot or shut down the machine. Afterward, the installer may already be changing the system, and stopping it could leave the machine unbootable. That cutoff is worth finding before a test install.

The October 21 release adds several conveniences around the installation process, including a terminal inside the web interface. It is also the first version after Leap 16.1. Work toward Tumbleweed, Slowroll and Leap 16.2 is underway, but the project still gives no date for Tumbleweed adoption.

Inspect the plan while you can still leave

The exit option is available from the beginning. Use that stage to check the destination machine, storage choices and network configuration. Rebooting before the work starts and undoing changes already applied are different operations; the new button promises only the former.

That distinction also applies when choosing an installation mode. Our Leap 16.1 installer report covered Immutable Mode as a separate choice. Review the intended result before approving an installation, rather than relying on an exit route to reverse it later.

A remote installer gets a nearby shell

Previously, someone needing a shell had to switch virtual consoles locally or connect through SSH. Now a terminal can open in Agama’s web UI. A remote user can keep the installer and shell in the browser instead of establishing another connection.

The convenience concerns access, not which commands are safe. Check the machine and stage before altering storage or networking. A shell used to collect information can also change the system you are about to install.

Network port selection gets a more visible check as well. Bond and bridge ports used to be entered in a free-text field, where a mistyped name could be silently accepted. The replacement is a searchable list of detected devices with multiple selection.

You can still type a name for a device that is not present yet. The list therefore reduces mistakes for detected hardware without proving that a future interface will exist. Check which kind of entry each port represents when reviewing the configuration.

Version 25 and distribution adoption are separate milestones

The maintainers describe progress on Tumbleweed integration, including registration adjustments, 32-bit media work and riscv64 support. They explicitly leave the adoption date open. A released Agama version is not evidence that every distribution image has switched to it.

For profile authors, published OpenAPI and JSON schemas now have stable documentation URLs. An editor can use the appropriate schema for completion and validation. That helps catch configuration errors before installation; testing on the intended hardware must still establish the actual result.